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SCC and State Employees’ Credit Union sponsor Camp Biz Kid$

Submitted by Justin Smith, Southeastern Community College Director of Marketing and Public Affairs

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 3:37pm

SCC and State Employees’ Credit Union sponsor Camp Biz Kid$

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Southeastern Community College will partner with the Whiteville branch of the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) this summer to offer free financial literacy camps to rising eighth graders at three local schools.

The camps will meet Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., on the following dates: June 24 – 27 at Tabor City Middle School; July 15 – 18 at Central Middle School ; and August 5 – 8 at Chadbourn Middle School.

Lunch will be provided daily. Enrollment is limited to 20 students per camp. Attendees must be participants in SCC’s Educational Talent Search Program.

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Lottery slated for charter school, if needed

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 3:59pm

Lottery slated for charter school, if needed

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The North Carolina Boys and Girls Home School will soon be a charter school.

Administrators said they already have 45 students enrolled in the current school and just more than a dozen have submitted applications.

If more than 70 students apply to the school, then they must hold a lottery which will be held May 29, if needed.

The school’s name will change to Flemington Academy next month.

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Local missing persons cases haunt investigators, family

Submitted by Ashlea Kosikowski, WECT News

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, 7:50am

Tristen Buddy Myers, Kynande Bennett & Rachel Natacha Owens

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – The developing story out of Cleveland involving three missing women who were found alive years after their disappearance, is providing hope to investigators, family and friends of those who have disappeared in our area.

Tristen Buddy Myers – Missing since Oct 5, 2000

Myers disappeared thirteen years ago from his home in Roseboro, NC. He was four-years-old at the time.

In interviews with WECT, Buddy's aunt told us she laid down to take a nap; she thought Buddy was sleeping too but he walked out of the house and down highway 24 with their two dogs.

Days later, the dogs returned, but Buddy never did.

There was hope for the family in 2003, when a boy meeting Buddy's description was abandoned at a hospital in Chicago. However, DNA tests showed the boy was not Buddy.

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Learn more about Flemington Academy Thursday

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Monday, April 8th, 2013, 1:37pm

Learn more about Flemington Academy Thursday

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Flemington Academy will host an informational session next week at Riegelwood Baptist Church.

Flemington Academy is a charter school located in Lake Waccamaw. The academy received final approval in March and is now taking applications to be entered into its student lottery system.

The lottery drawing will be held in May on the school’s campus.

According to a press release from the school, the academy’s approach to education will provide an alternative for students that are not seeing success as a result of their efforts in the traditional setting. An integrated curriculum, paired with personalized teaching methods will give students the chance to receive a more tailored academic experience.

The school will operate on a year-round schedule with 220 days of instruction each academic year.

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Learn more about the new charter school in Lake Waccamaw

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Thursday, April 4th, 2013, 1:37pm

Learn more about the new charter school in Lake Waccamaw

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Flemington Academy will host an informational session next week at Riegelwood Baptist Church.

Flemington Academy is a charter school located in Lake Waccamaw. The academy received final approval in March and is now taking applications to be entered into its student lottery system.

The lottery drawing will be held in May on the school’s campus.

The school will operate on a year-round schedule with 220 days of instruction each academic year.

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Budget cuts could be coming to department of social services

Submitted by Gavin Johnson, Reporter

Friday, March 29th, 2013, 7:56am

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Sixty-four families who were recently notified they would lose daycare assistance due to a shortfall are saved for now, but cuts could be on the way.

After facing a $100,000 shortfall, workers at the Columbus County department of social services said additional funding by the state which came in two weeks ago will prevent families from losing daycare assistance.

Algernon McKenzie the DSS director in Columbus County said they recently received $200,000 from the division of child development and used money from other programs to allow families to keep receiving daycare assistance.

According to McKenzie, they're also hoping to get more than $4,000 from a Smart Start partnership. He said although they survived a shortfall this time, there are proposed cuts in Governor Pat McCory's budget that could impact department of social services across the state.

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